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Ezekiel 44:22 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Ezekiel 44:22 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 44 verse 22 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. put: Heb. thrust forth that had: Heb. from a priest”
Ezekiel 44:22 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezekiel 44:22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. This regulation restricts priestly marriage to maintain ritual purity and symbolic holiness. The Hebrew almanah (אַלְמָנָה, "widow") and gerushah (גְּרוּשָׁה, "divorced woman") were generally forbidden, with one exception: a widow that had a priest before (almanah asher tihyeh almanah mik-kohen)—a priest's widow could remarry within the priesthood.The requirement for maidens of the seed of the house of Israel (betulot mi...
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Cross-References for Ezekiel 44:22
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“the husband of one wife”
“having children in subjection with all reverence;”
“and marries her”
“the husband of one wife”
“not slanderers”